Benthic habitat map for West Flower Garden Bank

Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

The design of this field mission is three fold: (1) to spatially characterize the distribution, abundance and size of both reef fishes and macro invertebrates within and around the waters of the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary using, (2) to relate this information to in-situ data collected on associated habitat parameters and (3) to use hydroacoustics technologies for a comprehensive assessment of East and West Bank. This information collected will be used to evaluate the utility of an experimental fishing closure on one of the most pristine reefs under US jurisdiction in the tropical Western Atlantic. Data collected during this mission (pre-closure) will provide baseline information necessary to evaluate closure efficacy and assess whether the closure should become permanent.

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Dates

Metadata Date	March 28, 2018
Metadata Created Date	November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date	November 12, 2020
Reference Date(s)	May 1, 2013 (creation), January 24, 2017 (publication)
Frequency Of Update	asNeeded

Metadata Source

ISO-19139 ISO-19139 Metadata
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Additional Metadata

Resource Type	Dataset
Metadata Date	March 28, 2018
Metadata Created Date	November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date	November 12, 2020
Reference Date(s)	May 1, 2013 (creation), January 24, 2017 (publication)
Responsible Party	NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch (Principal Investigator)
Contact Email	Unknown
Guid	corisid:7236
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long	-93.772611
Bbox North Lat	27.924441
Bbox South Lat	27.816324
Bbox West Long	-93.88799
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update	asNeeded
Licence	None
Metadata Language	eng; USA
Metadata Type	geospatial
Progress
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System	32615
Spatial Harvester	True

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